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This is where my thoughts immediately went -- maybe $15/hr sounds so high because we're so far behind the inflation curve -- but I wasn't sure, so I pulled up this list of historic minimum wages and this inflation calculator and started doing some conversions.

1950: $0.75 = $7.30 today
1960: $1.00 = $7.81 today
1970: $1.60 = $9.74 today
> 1978: $2.65 = $9.80 today -- @enoch: How are you getting $22?
1980: $3.10 = $9.28 today
1990: $3.80 = $6.92 today
2000: $5.15 = $7.03 today
2010: $7.25 - $7.71 today

@Yogi is probably right; These people are probably asking for $15 and hoping for $10 (and $10 seems reasonable based on historic rates above).

Cranking up minimum wage much higher than that might be treating the symptoms rather than the sickness. Entry level jobs not paying enough is not the root cause; the root cause is that people are trapped in entry level careers. By all means, bump minimum wage up to $10, maybe $12 an hour, but then start taking action so that, when inflation catches up to those rates, there's more job mobility.

Interesting bit on how Jesus was invented...

http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/521246/20131111/international-space-station-infected-malware-russian-astronaut.htm

It's malware... in space.

Yo??
Are you this guy??

The handshake includes the baud rate of the modem being called (well both really, but it starts on the one being called). I know the sound changed depending on which modem I used (I don't recall if it changed much from which BBS I called, as it was too long ago to remember that much detail).

The initial sequence is this (as best as I understand it):

1) The calling modem waits for an answer, the called modem (Answer) will send a carrier telling the calling modem it is ready and the calling modem sends a carrier back. Note, sometimes the Answer may send a few just in case the Caller doesn't understand the first one for some reason. In theory that should prevent a Caller from sending signals to voice line, in practice the Caller gets impatient and tries to start the call itself...

2) The Answer will send all the rates it knows. The Caller will respond in kind. They agree which rate to use, and line quality might make for even odder rates...

Here's a link to describe it, look at Once again: Making a connection, http://www.myhome.org/pg/modem.htm

Only if you don't count the 2008 Chandrayaan-1 mission.

http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwr_cath1130.htm

Scrapped in May of 1962. 27 years on the job.

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As I understand it, as a non-golfer, no... he could take the drop

http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/rfaq_unplayable.htm

*quality I phuckin LOVE scrapple! The Amish make the best.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/dirty-jobs/videos/you-need-fat.htm

http://www.applescrapple.com/

More video
http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/psych-week/videos/born-schizophrenic.htm

A great question. Can't vouch for the accuracy on this page, but it presents some interesting facts re: that and other topics related to a Nazi atomic bomb. http://www.unmuseum.org/nbomb.htm

Not all states allow restaurant owners to screw over their staff by paying less than minimum wage. California does not allow it. The Department of Labor has a breakdown of the details here:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

I didn't have any, but I had Frogger mini arcade game -- http://www.miniarcade.com/coleco/frogger.htm ... I still have it too!